Clothes-pounder.



J. ZIMMERMANN.

CLOTHES POUNDER.

APPLlcATmN FILED muses, 1ere.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

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JOHN ZIMMERMANN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Paten-ted San. 9, 191'?.

Application filed June 29, 1916. Serial No. 106,547.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JOI-IN ZIMMERMANN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of Y w York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Clotheslounders, of which the following is a specication. l

This invention relates to improvements in clothes pounders and the object of the invention is to provide a clothes pounder of novel, practical construction and design, so arranged that a maximum of eiiiciency is obtained with a minimum of eiiort in manipulating the pounder.

To this end my clothes pounder is so designed that it pumps the water through the clothes by a rocking or oscillating motion instead of by a vertical motion as is customary and whereby the heavy work of lifting the pounder is avoided.

To this end my clothes pounder comprises such parts and elements arranged and coinbined as hereinafter set forth and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a view of a clothes pounder embodying my invention and showing the operation thereof. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the washing boxes partly in section. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view through one of the washing boxes.

The clothes pounder comprises two washing boxes 1 and 2 and ahandle 3. rEhe boxes are constructed alike, so the description of one of them will suffice for both. Each washing box is preferably square with rounded corners as shown and formed of galvanized sheet metal or other suitable material. The wall 4 of the box is formed with a lower bead 5 in which a stiffening wire G may be inserted.

7 is a partition dividing the box into two chambers as it were. Above the partition is the air chamber 9, below the partition is the washing or suction chamber 10.

The top of the boxes are closed by a top plate 11 common to both boxes and to which the latter are secured as follows: The sides of thetop plate are bent to form channels 13 into which slide the turned over flanges 1J.; of the sides of the box. rl`he inner iiange l5 of the box is bent inwardly and pressed tightly up against the top plate as shown in Fig. 2. The 4outer end flange 16 is bent up over the top plate 11. rlhe wall 4L is provided with air holes 17 and the partition 7 is perforated at 18.

19 denotes a brace, preferably of wood, which extends across the two boxes and lies on top of the flanges 16. The brace carries a metal socket 2O for securing the handle 3.

21 and 22 are metal straps or braces for bracing the handle to the pounder. The ends 23 of the strap 21 may be passed inwardly through one of the air holes and secured to a transverse wooden brace 24e within the box near the outer upper corner thereof.

rEhe construction and design as shown and described provide a very strong pounder. The boxes are held securely in the channels 13 of which there is one on each side common to the two boxes. ln addition the box fianges 16 are held securely between the braces 19 and 211. The top plate is prevented from buckling by reason of the top brace 19 and the strong metal bracing or straps, of which the brace 21 may be secured with screws, while the lower ends of the braces 22 are hooked under the channels at 26.

lt will be seen from Fig. 1 that the pounder is operated by a rocking motion, so that for each stroke or movement the clothes in the wash tub are lifted up by the one washing box, while the air in the other box is being forced through the clothes and the water and the clothes are washed clean very quickly, by working the pounder in all directions over the clothes. At the corners the pounder may be operated by tipping it on the one box and operating only the other one. But at no time is it necessary to lift the pounder bodily up out of the water and the work is made very easy.

Changes in the details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle of the invention.

I claim:

l. A clothes pounder comprising two washing boxes arranged alongside of one another and having air holes formed in the walls thereof near the top, a perforated partition in each of said boxes below the said air holes for forming an upper air chamber and a lower washing chamber, a top plate extending over both of said boxes, channels formed integral with said top plate for securing the said washing boxes thereto and a handle for operating the said pounder.

2. A .clothes pounder comprising two recthe said air holes for forming an upper air Chamber and a lower Washing chamber, a

top plate extending over both of said boxes,

K channels formed at the longitudinal sides of said top plate integral therewith7 flanges on the said channels for seouringtheboxes and,

top plate together and a handle mounted-V on the latter between the said boxes for op- @rating the said pounder. Y

Signed at YNew York, in the county of 15 New York and State of New York, this 17th day of June, A. D. 1916.

JOHN ZIMMERMANN.

VCopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

